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Following on from discussions with Manor Marussia owner Stephen Fitzpatrick, soon to retire former Grand Prix driver Alexander Wurz has ruled himself out of a role at the struggling back of the field team.

"After a period of consideration, I have informed Stephen Fitzpatrick that I have taken the decision not to make myself available to Manor," 41-year-old Wurz explained to BBC Sport.

Team owner Stephen Fitzpatrick said that although he spoke to Wurz, no formal offer was made.
"We haven't offered the post of Team Principal to anyone but I have been talking to a lot of people and asking for advice," Fitzpatrick said, adding: "I have asked a lot of people a lot of things."

Other notably personalities to have been approached for the role include former McLaren Team Principle Martin Whitmarsh, now CEO of the Ben Ainslie Racing America's Cup team. Whitmarsh has emphatically denied he is interested in the role and is "not looking for a Team Principal role in F1 full stop".

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What scares me is I can remember him making is debut as a young geeky fresh faced bloke... seems like yesterday that does.

Now's he's 41 and packing up!

I'm getting old....

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Haha, I had to stop watching the last Olympics, I got fed up with the commentators saying "well he/she is in their twenties now and almost past it" well that just made me feel like a right spring chicken.....